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小贴士：你是否看过有关吸毒的电影和故事？你对吸毒有什么看法？

小试牛刀

What is the structure of the essay 1?

参考答案：

The whole passage can be divided into three parts.

1.Part I: thesis: plausibility of legalization (paras. 1)

2.Part II: reasoning (paras. 2-8)

1)(paras. 2) rebuttal of the danger of a whiff of opium

2)(paras. 3) the freedom to do what one wants

3)(paras. 4) rebuttal of the warning rumble that legalization will lead us to end up a race of Zombies

4)(paras. 5) a consequence of prohibition: making people want it more

5)his motivation for meeting Diogenes

6)(paras. 6-7) the negative effects of the Prohibition

7)(para. 8) the consequences of a slight reduction in the supply of marijuana

学习目标

By the end of the class, students will be able to

1.Understand the structure and the general ideas of the passage;

2.Know something about the author;

3.Master the vocabulary, phrases and grammar of the passage.

4. Learn about the different solutions to the drug problem and understand the pros and cons of each of them.

5.Compare the arguments and find out their logical premises and fallacies.

6.Learn how to argue coherently and convincingly by studying the techniques employed by the writers.

知识结构